The U.S. government, echoing the sentiments consumers have levied against Apple for decades, believes Apple’s “walled garden” approach is stifling competition and violating antitrust laws. This is now a two-front war for Apple, as the company already faces trouble in Europe.AsBloombergreports...
If successful, it would hinder our ability to create the kind of technology people expect from Apple—where hardware, software, and services intersect. It would also set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people’s technology. We believe this lawsuit ...
The government points to several different ways that Apple has allegedly illegally maintained its monopoly: Disrupting “super apps” that encompass many different programs and could degrade “iOS stickiness” by making it easier for iPhone users to switch to competing devices ...
the government argued that Apple violated antitrust laws through its tight control over the iPhone, preventing other companies from creating key applications and services that would compete with its own. The result, the government said, is that Apple has kneecapped competition from apps that would ...
The US Justice Department, along with 16 other state and district attorneys general, on Thursday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of illegally maintaining a monopoly over smartphones.More
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Originally Posted byAppleInsider The U.S. government on Monday announced new rules make it officially legal for iPhone owners to "jailbreak" their device and run unauthorized third-party applications, as well as the ability to unlock any cell phone for use on multiple carriers. ... ...
Apple has alsowon an injunction on the Galaxy Tab 10.1days prior to this decision. The same judge has stated that she might also be making the final decision this Sunday, and we will be here to give you all the details. We just can’t have one weekend of celebration in the Android wo...
Chinese smartphone and communications equipment manufacturer Huawei on Thursday local time followed through with threats to sue the U.S. government over legislation that bars government agencies from buying its products.
Unlike the Government , a consumer must show that they have suffered “plausible, non-speculative antitrust injury”, in an antitrust lawsuit. The Court however found that the allegations in the lawsuit were “vague”, “speculative” and “conclusory”, as they did not adequately present consu...